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Sturge-Weber syndrome accompanied with multiple congenital intracranial lesions.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17660941     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Sturge-Weber syndrome is one of the neurocutaneous syndromes. It is a rare, nonfamiliar disease that is characterized by facial port-wine stain, leptomeningeal angiomatosis, choroidal angioma, buphthalmos, intracranial calcification, cerebral atrophy, mental retardation, glaucoma, seizures and hemiparesis. CT and MR are complementary in the evaluation of this disease. Epilepsy is an essential feature of Sturge-Weber syndrome and it has a major significance for prognosis and treatment. We report a 2-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome who had in addition an intracranial lipoma, a temporal arachnoid cyst and a porencephalic cyst. This combination of intracranial lesions with Sturge-Weber syndrome has not been previously reported.
Authors:
R Ergün; A I Okten; Y Gezercan; A R Gezici
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2007-08-01
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta neurochirurgica     Volume:  149     ISSN:  0942-0940     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Neurochir (Wien)     Publication Date:  2007 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-08-06     Completed Date:  2008-01-18     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0151000     Medline TA:  Acta Neurochir (Wien)     Country:  Austria    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  829-30; discussion 830     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey. ruchanergun@hotmail.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Arachnoid Cysts / congenital*,  diagnosis
Brain Diseases / congenital*,  diagnosis
Calcinosis / congenital*,  diagnosis
Central Nervous System Cysts / congenital*,  diagnosis
Central Nervous System Venous Angioma / diagnosis
Child, Preschool
Epilepsy, Generalized / drug therapy,  etiology*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lipoma / congenital*,  diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Male
Occipital Lobe / abnormalities*,  pathology
Sturge-Weber Syndrome / diagnosis*
Temporal Lobe / abnormalities*,  pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticonvulsants

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